THE ACT Government has finally announced the appointment of a new Director of Public Prosecutions, a position that has been vacant since December last year.Taking up the position is Jon White,
THE ACT Government has finally announced the appointment of a new Director of Public Prosecutions, a position that has been vacant since December last year.
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Taking up the position is Jon White, who currently leads the prosecution branch in the head office of the Commonwealth DPP. White replaces Richard Refshauge, who was appointed as a judge of the ACT Supreme Court last December.
The appointment has been so long coming that White may have a challenge ahead of him, with the ABC reporting last week that six of the department’s 26 prosecutors had recently resigned.